For example, if you are writing about family, your thesis statement might be, “I believe maintaining family togetherness provides the basic structure for a healthy, fulfilling and structured life.” Or, using the piano example, you might write, “Playing the piano gives me a comfort, ...
Write a six-line poem about anything. Make it good as you possibly can. But don’t tell anybody what you’re doing. Don’t show it or recite it to anybody, not even your girlfriend or parents, or Ms Lockwood. OK Tear it up into pieces and throw them into dustbins. You will find...
Also on this eve, Tusu wine, as mentioned in Wang's poem, is poured in certain parts of China. In keeping with tradition, this fermented herbal drink, believed to have a nourishing and detoxifying effect, is first sipped by the younger members of the family, marking the addition of anoth...
Remember a universe is an abundant place it’s about giving yourself a chance. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find ways to do it.” ~Dr. David Schwartz PS: This is the first time I tried to write a poem. Hope you all like it. Thank you!
She’s a visceral, piercing, raw, grounded writer and creative person with so much realness and soul that I knew that would be poured into her poetry as well. And I was right— see if you can read her poem here without being moved. It just gutted me as a woman if you really dig ...
Well, not you, I suppose. Rather, in your absence, I was thinking mostly of your family, your friends, our friends, who might read a poem or two if I posted them on Facebook, as we do now, to perform our mourning in public. Would you approve of my choices? You aren’t here to...
The 15-year-old Emperor married his childhood sweetheart, the Empress Xiaoxian (1712-1748.) After she died at 36, her husband wrote a long poem about his lasting sorrow at her loss. While he had other wives, none ever took her place in his heart. ...
course a form of poetry (as are song titles, album titles, band names – it’s all a poetic literature), that form necessitating they be but one component of a larger piece that matches the weight of a real poem, the total music and performance of a song being on par with a poem....
This morning I feel somewhat better, after working out, eating healthy food, and steadying myself with fresh snow and poetry. I’ve always loved the poemSinceby WH Auden. I don’t know why. Maybe I was always an old soul. I always understood it and longed for that type of pottering....
” The origins of the Mid-Autumn Festival can be traced back to ancient China's moon worship traditions. People once believed that the moon's phases influenced agricultural productivity. Over the centuries, the festival evolved to focus ...